Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don't You Care?
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-12-07
What happened to the guy who told his Muslim employees in 2015 that he would "fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment"?
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Corbyn dismisses controversy surrounding leaked NHS documents as 'nonsense'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-07
Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed as "nonsense" the controversy surrounding the source of leaked documents used by Labour as proof the Tories are planning to sell the NHS.The Labour leader insisted the dossier was real after social media platform Reddit claimed the documents were disclosed as "part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia".Corbyn used the leaked papers as evidence that the government was at an advanced stage of negotiations with the US to open up the health service to American pharmaceutical companies. Asked about the claims during a campaign visit to Barry, South Wales Corbyn to…
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Britain's elites should fear Corbyn's Brexit stance. Because it could deliver him the election
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-12-07
In a Britain severely divided by Brexit, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has made it perfectly clear why he's "proud" of his unifying stance. | On 6 December, as Corbyn revealed a damning government document showing how Boris Johnson has misled voters, he tweet…
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Will 'get Brexit done' ever end? Johnson hits back at haters mocking his campaign slogan with… more Brexit mantra!
rt.com | 2019-12-07
Boris Johnson has been lampooned for repeatedly recycling his Brexit slogan during a debate with Labour's Jeremy Corbyn. Unfazed by his critics, the Tory leader has continued to flood Twitter with his polarizing campaign mantra. | The British Prime Minister locked horns with Corbyn during Friday's BBC debate. While discussing a range of issues, Johnson often steered the conversation back to his rallying cry, "get Brexit done." | According to the BBC, he used the slogan no less than ten times over the course of the evening. He somehow managed to work the pledge into almost every issue, including how rude behavi…
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Iran swaps American scholar tried on espionage charges for its scientist held by US
rt.com | 2019-12-07
An Iranian scientist arrested in the US for violating sanctions and an American Princeton scholar held on espionage charges by the Islamic Republic each returned home as part of a prisoner swap between Tehran and Washington. | Both sides rejoiced at the return of their citizens earlier on Saturday, shortly after the news broke. "Glad that Professor Massoud Soleimani and Mr. Xiyue Wang will be joining their families shortly," Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted. | The diplomat later posted a photo of him and Soleimani — a stem cell scientist detained in Chicago last year for trying to buy…
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'Nuke aimed at Iran'? Tehran raises alarm after Israel test-fires mystery rocket in broad daylight
rt.com | 2019-12-07
As the world is abuzz with speculation over Israel's shadowy "rocket propulsion system" test, Tehran bluntly claimed that the projectile it fired from a base south of Tel Aviv was actually a nuclear-capable missile aimed at Iran. | "Israel today tested a nuke-missile, aimed at Iran," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested in a tweet posted on Friday evening.
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'People are flushing toilets 10 times': Trump mulls pouring conservation rules down the drain & Twitter cannot hold it
rt.com | 2019-12-07
President Donald Trump is taking aim at water efficiency laws, arguing that they paradoxically encourage waste due to weak water pressure. He vowed to seek "commonsense" solutions to America's toilet troubles. | Despite ongoing Democratic impeachment efforts in Washington, a trade row with Beijing and another war of words heating up with Iran, the president took time on Friday to address a problem much closer to home — perhaps lurking in your very own bathroom. | "We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers, and other elements of bathrooms," the president said. "You turn on…
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'One of the greatest individual goals you will see': South Korean star Son Heung-min scores SENSATIONAL solo goal (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-07
Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min scored a sensational solo goal as he dribbled from his own 18-yard box to slot home against Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday. | The South Korean forward collected the ball deep in his own half before setting off at pace, slaloming through a mass of claret shirts before finishing coolly past Burnley 'keeper Nick Pope to put Spurs 3-0 up. | The effort was declared an instant goal of the season winner on social media, where pundit Gary Lineker hailed it as "one of the greatest individual goals you will ever see." | Wow. Son has just scored one of the greatest individu…
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The crucial fact Laura Kuenssberg omitted from her tweet about Boris Johnson
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-12-06
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg tweeted on 6 December about the cancellation of a Boris Johnson speech. But she left out one revealing fact. | She said: | Johnson stump speech in Rochester cancelled on police advice | — Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) December 6, 2019 | But what was it, exactly, that caused the cancellation?: | Well, according to the Independent, Johnson "cancelled a speech to members of the public in Rochester after a small number of proteste…
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Law Seminar in the Hearing Room: Impeachment Day Six
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-06
The week began with a few tweets from ignorant congresspeople and the president decrying the supposed unfairness of the proceedings. Pompeo chimed in with a remark that the timing was "unfortunate." His reasoning was that Trump had important business to take care of in Britain at the NATO meeting. You know, the North Atlantic Treaty…
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A Tory candidate in a marginal seat just gave everyone a massive reason not to vote for her
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-12-06
Sally-Ann Hart is the Conservative candidate for Amber Rudd's former seat of Hastings and Rye. During a recent hustings, however, the candidate gave people a massive reason not to vote for her. Given she's vying for a seat the Conservatives won by just 346 votes in 2017, it's the last thing the party needs. | Less money, be happy: | An attendee asked Hart about an article she shared on Facebook: | A Tory candidate reveals her utter contempt for disabled people, who she believes don't deserve the minimum wa…
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Free pass for Israel? Ilhan Omar notes silence after Israeli group linked to fake news operation targeting Muslim US congresswomen
rt.com | 2019-12-06
An Israeli group uses social media to vilify the first two Muslim women to serve in US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. But will the revelation spark accusations of foreign meddling? Omar doesn't seem to think so. | An investigation by the Guardian has uncovered an Israeli-based operation that uses 21 Facebook pages to pump out thousands of fake news posts per week. The paper said that the social media posts "inflame Islamophobia for profit" and have directly mentioned Omar more than 1,400 times, and Tlaib nearly 1,200 times, since the operation began two years ago.The Israeli group is accused of sharin…
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Saudis angered by 'barbaric' Pensacola shooter, love America — king to Trump
rt.com | 2019-12-06
US President Donald Trump said he received a condolence call from King Salman of Saudi Arabia over the shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station, committed by a Saudi officer who was in Florida for training. | King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud "said that the Saudi people are greatly angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter, and that this person in no way shape or form represents the feelings of the Saudi people who love the American people," Trump said in a series of tweets on Friday afternoon. | ….The King said that the Saudi people are greatly angered by the barbaric actions of the shooter, and that th…
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That's a bit rich: Biden says paycheck doesn't matter, jobs are 'about dignity'
rt.com | 2019-12-06
Democrat hopeful Joe Biden says jobs aren't just about money, but his words rang hollow for critics who shot back with reminders about low wages and the former vice president's son getting a cushy gig at a Ukrainian oil company. | Biden's latest pitch to voters promised to bring "dignity" back to the working middle class. | "A job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about dignity. It's about being able to look your kid in the eye and say everything is going to be okay — and mean it. Too many people today can't do that," Biden tweeted on Friday. | A job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It's about…
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'Sources say' stories are all fake news? Trump takes aim at media's penchant for anonymous tip-offs
rt.com | 2019-12-06
US President Donald Trump has fired off another volley of Twitter wisdom in his endless war against 'fake news,' advising people to ignore stories based on information from unnamed sources. | "Do not believe any article or story you read or see that uses 'anonymous sources' having to do with trade or any other subject," Trump tweeted on Friday. "Only accept information if it has an actual living name on it. The Fake News Media makes up many 'sources say' stories. Do not believe them!" | Do not believe any article or story you read or see that uses "anonymous sources" having to do with trade or any other subjec…
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Filmmakers Sue to Shield Visitors to U.S. From Social Media Vetting
Cora Currier | theintercept.com | 2019-12-05
A filmmaker working on a documentary that's critical of U.S. policies. A writer who operates a pseudonymous Twitter account to evade an authoritarian regime in their home country. An activist who uses Facebook to organize protests at the U.S.-Mexico border. | These are the kinds of people who might not want U.S. immigration agents poring over their social media profiles before deciding whether they should be allowed into the country. Yet that's exactly what the State Department now requires as part of the Trump administration's "extreme vetting" of millions of visa applicants. As of May, people who need a visa to…
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A parody account mocked the dire state of the UK press so successfully Twitter has suspended it
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-12-05
A parody account has mocked the dire state of the UK press so successfully that Twitter has suspended it. The bizarre decision came amid a wave of outcry from UK journalists who found the unflattering portrayal too much to bear. The suspension has only served to highlight the increasing lack of accountability of the UK media. After all, even feudal monarchs tolerated the court jester.Max Gapes: Maximilian Gapes was a parody Twitter account mercilessly ribbing the centrist pundits of our time. 'He' made waves with a satirical tweet about Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson. The tweet reported the claim of an unnamed…
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Measles 'misinformation campaigns' through social media, fuel rising toll
news.un.org | 2019-12-05
Measles deaths and infections in 2019 are set to "substantially exceed" last year's toll when more than 142,000 people died from the preventable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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"If I Could Just Look at Her"
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2019-11-27
Watch the journey of two separated parents trying to cross the border and reunite with their children.: | " data-whitelisted="false" data-domain="www.youtube.com"> | In October, the Trump administration admitted that in a 12-month period, beginning in July 2017, it separated 4,370 immigrant children from their parents at the border. Since then, over 1,000 more have been separated under a dubious loophole that all…
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CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-17
It's been fun to see how the Center for American Progress (CAP) navigates this year's presidential election. For insider political reasons, they can't support Biden or Sanders. But for a long time, it was unclear who the alternative candidate they could support would be. | When Kamala Harris was rising, CAP's staff was doing overtime boosting her on Twitter and in the press, including boosting Harris's absurd health care proposal. But Harris's collapse put an end to that strategy. Recently Warren has risen as the alternative and so CAP has been working to promote her campaign, which puts CAP in the comical positi…
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